“That Man, who flees from truth, should have invented the mirror is the greatest of historical miracles.” MenShouldLyingShould HaveMiracleMirrorsHistoricalTruth And Lies Author:Christian Friedrich Hebbel
“I've had a million setbacks along the way--from kiln fires burning down buildings to shipping disasters--that should have put me out of business, or at least left me lying in the fetal position on my bed for a few days. Luckily, though, I've never for one second thought that I had any other option than to just keep going.” WayShouldLyingLeftMillionsFirePositionBuildingBedShould HavePerseveranceDisasterBurningKeep GoingSetbackSecond ThoughtsShippingFire BurningBurning Down Author:Jonathan Adler
“The aim of the book is to set a limit to thought, or rather - not to thought, but to the expression of thoughts: for in order to be able to set a limit to thought, we should have to find both sides of the limit thinkable (i.e. we should have to be able to think what cannot be thought). It will therefore only be in language that the limit can be set, and what lies on the other side of the limit will simply be nonsense.” ThinkingShouldBookAbleLyingOrderLanguageSidesExpressionLimitsShould HaveAimNonsenseBoth SidesThinkable Book:Wittgenstein's Tractatus Source: Wittgenstein's Tractatus
“I told a lie the other day. I said that I'd caught a 'bunch' of trout. What I should have said is that I caught a little trout that I named Bunch. There, I?ve confessed and now I feel much better.” FeelsShouldLittlesSaidLyingSeaRiversShould HaveCaughtFishesBunchBoatLakesFishingTrout Author:Jimmy Moore
“In all cases of slander currency, whenever the forger of the lie is not to be found, the injured parties should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.” ShouldLyingFoundPartyCasesShould HaveCurrencyInjuredSlander Author:Richard Brinsley Sheridan
“I do not care for anything. I do not care to ride, for the exercise is too violent. I do not care to walk, walking is too strenuous. I do not care to lie down, for I should either have to remain lying, and I do not care to do that, or I should have to get up again, and I do not care to do that either. Summa summarum: I do not care at all.” ShouldCareLyingWalksWalkingExerciseShould HaveViolentGet UpEnnui Book:Either/or Source: Either/or